FPJ Anniversary 2021: Chasing the Bollywood dream: From Bombay Talkies to Mumbai Studios
India has film industries flourishing in many states, but the reason Biswajit Chatterjee, a star in Bengal, left his family back home to carve a niche for himself in Bollywood, first as a âsuspense heroâ and then as a âdesi Elvisâ, is because Hindi cinema has always a wider reach as compared to regional cinema
Amitabh Bachchan in Deewaar
On January 28, 1934, a 22-year-old law student from Kolkata stepped out of the train with a look of wonder in his eyes. Kumudlal Kunjilal Ganguly had spent the Rs 35 his father had sent him to pay for his second-year exams to buy a third-class ticket to the City of Dreams. His college principal in whom he had confided his secret desire to make movies, had suggested that Kumud meet Himanshu Rai who had just arrived from London to start a studio in Bombay (now Mumbai).
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From the archive: Dilip Kumar on how the studio system made way for independent directors
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Karisma Kapoor reveals she almost turned down Dil To Pagal Hai because of Madhuri Dixit
Karisma Kapoor recently revealed on Indian Idol 12 how she initially rejected the 1997 film, Dil To Pagal Hai, co-starring Madhuri Dixit. The actress said that she didn t want to compete with Madhuri.
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A poster of Dil To Pagal Hai starring Karisma Kapoor, Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit.
Karisma Kapoor was seen as a special guest this weekend on Indian Idol 12. She had a great fun on the show dancing to her popular numbers. The actress also shared an interesting anecdote from the 1997 film Dil To Pagal Hai in which she starrred alongside Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit. While Karisma won many hearts with her role of Nisha in the film, not many know that she had initially rejected Dil To Pagal Hai because of Madhuri Dixit. The actress was afraid to compete with Madhuri in dance. However, Karisma s mother, Babita Kapoor, encouraged her to take up
Yousuf Khan, known to the world as Dilip Kumar, was born on December 11, 1922, in Peshawar. He was the fifth child in a family of 13 children of Mohammad Sarwar Khan and his wife Ayesha Begum. Having a fair complexion, lustrous hair, expressive eyes and a sprightly nature, Yousuf was regarded as a very special child, and his grandmother rarely let him leave the house without smearing his forehead with kajal to ward off the evil-eye.
Mohammad Sarwar Khan was a fruit merchant by profession, and in search of better prospects, he and his family migrated from Peshawar, first to Deolali and then to Bombay. Yousuf received his basic primary education from Anjuman-e-Islam High School, Byculla, Bombay, and after matriculation, he attended Wilson College. Unfortunately, he soon had to drop out in order to help his father run his fruit business, which was facing a downward trend and barely supporting the family’s deteriorating budget.